On this date

A.D. 814 — Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne died in Aachen in present-day Germany. 1547 — England’s King Henry VIII died; he was succeeded by his 9-year-old son, Edward VI. 1878 — The first daily college newspaper, Yale News (now Yale Daily News), began publication in New Haven, Connecticut. 1915 — The United States Coast Guard was created as President Woodrow Wilson signed a bill merging the Life-Saving Service and Revenue Cutter Service. 1945 — During World War II, Allied supplies began reaching China over the newly reopened Burma Road. 1956 — Elvis Presley made his first national TV appearance on “Stage Show,” a CBS program hosted by Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey. 1978 — Fire swept through the historic downtown Coates House hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, killing 20 people. 1980 — Six U.S. diplomats who had avoided being taken hostage at their embassy in Tehran flew out of Iran with the help of Canadian diplomats. 1986 — The space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, killing all seven crew members, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe. 1988 — A 13-day standoff in Marion, Utah, between police and a polygamist clan ended in gunfire that killed a state corrections officer, Fred House, and seriously wounded the group’s leader, Addam Swapp, who ended up serving more than 25 years behind bars. 1999 — Ford Motor Co. announced it was buying the Volvo car division in a $6.45 billion deal. (Ford ended up selling the Volvo unit in 2010 to China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group for $1.8 billion.) Thought for today

‘In dreams begin responsibilities.’